With the reclassification of mutual funds, there will be a change not only in basis of arriving at performance ratings by rating agencies, but also in the method of analysis to be adopted by the investors while reviewing the performance of the schemes for making investment decisions.

The public sector undertaking had filed draft papers with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) in April seeking its clearance to launch an IPO and obtained its "observations" on August 10, according to the latest update with the markets watchdog.